Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist
"Wyoming's unemployment rate remained below the U.S. unemployment rate for the second month in a row."
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
REGION-or-County | Aug 99 (p) | Jul 99 (r) | Aug 98 (b) | Aug 99 (p) | Jul 99 (r) | Aug 98 (b) | Aug 99 (p) | Jul 99 (r) | Aug 98 (b) | Aug 99 (p) | Jul 99 (r) | Aug 98 (b) |
NORTHWEST | 47,720 | 48,392 | 47,430 | 45,443 | 45,748 | 44,942 | 2,277 | 2,644 | 2,488 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
Big Horn | 5,581 | 5,558 | 5,736 | 5,291 | 5,204 | 5,416 | 290 | 354 | 320 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
Fremont | 17,534 | 17,684 | 17,439 | 16,422 | 16,432 | 16,226 | 1,112 | 1,252 | 1,213 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
Hot Springs | 2,380 | 2,486 | 2,464 | 2,298 | 2,370 | 2,374 | 82 | 116 | 90 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
Park | 17,247 | 17,635 | 17,067 | 16,718 | 17,027 | 16,489 | 529 | 608 | 578 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Washakie | 4,978 | 5,029 | 4,724 | 4,714 | 4,715 | 4,437 | 264 | 314 | 287 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
NORTHEAST | 43,590 | 43,740 | 43,550 | 42,053 | 42,020 | 41,871 | 1,537 | 1,720 | 1,679 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Campbell | 19,832 | 19,744 | 19,336 | 19,051 | 18,886 | 18,548 | 781 | 858 | 788 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
Crook | 3,020 | 3,063 | 3,086 | 2,931 | 2,963 | 2,971 | 89 | 100 | 115.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
Johnson | 3,891 | 3,988 | 3,923 | 3,789 | 3,869 | 3,803 | 102 | 119 | 120 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Sheridan | 13,705 | 13,753 | 13,913 | 13,258 | 13,238 | 13,393 | 447 | 515 | 520 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
Weston | 3,142 | 3,192 | 3,292 | 3,024 | 3,064 | 3,156 | 118 | 128 | 136 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
SOUTHWEST | 55,905 | 56,322 | 55,245 | 53,825 | 53,968 | 53,241 | 2,080 | 2,354 | 2,004 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
Lincoln | 6,475 | 6,504 | 6,455 | 6,207 | 6,181 | 6,171 | 268 | 323 | 284 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
Sublette | 3,299 | 3,288 | 3,416 | 3,219 | 3,195 | 3,324 | 80 | 93 | 92 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Sweetwater | 20,397 | 20,812 | 20,835 | 19,408 | 19,703 | 19,898 | 989 | 1,109 | 937 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
Teton | 14,586 | 14,560 | 13,349 | 14,443 | 14,420 | 13,239 | 143 | 140 | 110 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Uinta | 11,148 | 11,158 | 11,190 | 10,548 | 10,469 | 10,609 | 600 | 689 | 581 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
SOUTHEAST | 68,835 | 70,056 | 67,495 | 67,004 | 68,094 | 65,501 | 1,831 | 1,962 | 1,994 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Albany | 17,451 | 17,517 | 16,495 | 17,190 | 17,246 | 16,180 | 261 | 271 | 315 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
Goshen | 6,108 | 6,222 | 6,218 | 5,915 | 6,011 | 5,962 | 193 | 211 | 256 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
Laramie | 39,682 | 40,653 | 39,132 | 38,505 | 39,380 | 37,924 | 1,177 | 1,273 | 1,208 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Niobrara | 1,308 | 1,305 | 1,305 | 1,277 | 1,281 | 1,272 | 31 | 24 | 33 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
Platte | 4,286 | 4,359 | 4,345 | 4,117 | 4,176 | 4,163 | 169 | 183 | 182 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
CENTRAL | 48,754 | 49,457 | 48,803 | 46,714 | 47,253 | 46,561 | 2,040 | 2,204 | 2,242 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Carbon | 8,304 | 8,449 | 8,740 | 8,016 | 8,133 | 8,407 | 288 | 316 | 333 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
Converse | 6,746 | 6,720 | 6,958 | 6,490 | 6,440 | 6,646 | 256 | 280 | 312 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Natrona | 33,704 | 34,288 | 33,105 | 32,208 | 32,680 | 31,508 | 1,496 | 1,608 | 1,597 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
STATEWIDE | 264,807 | 267,965 | 262,521 | 255,040 | 257,081 | 252,114 | 9,767 | 10,884 | 10,407 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | |||||||||
U.S. | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 09/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.
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